ἈΡΕΤΑΣ, ἀρετας
ARETAS, aretas
Sounds Like: ah-re-TAS
Translations: virtues, excellences, good qualities
From the root: ΑΡΕΤΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to moral excellence, virtue, or goodness. It can also denote a quality of excellence or a praiseworthy attribute. In a broader sense, it can refer to any kind of excellence, whether moral, physical, or intellectual. It is used to describe the inherent good qualities or characteristics of a person or thing.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0703 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 6:140
- Book 7 — 12:307, 12:317
- Book 13 — 13:360, 15:392
- Book 14 — 2:19, 2:21
- Book 16 — 9:294
- Book 17 — 10:287
- Book 18 — 5:109
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 14:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Peter — 2:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΕΤΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΡΕΤΑ — virtue, excellence, moral goodness, a virtue, an excellence
- ἈΡΕΤΑΙΣ — (to) virtues, (by) virtues, (with) virtues, (to) excellencies, (by) excellencies, (with) excellencies, (to) merits, (by) merits, (with) merits
- ἈΡΕΤΗΝ — virtue, excellence, moral excellence, goodness, a virtue, an excellence
- ἈΡΕΤΗΣ — of virtue, of excellence, of moral goodness, of valor
- ΑΡΕΤΑ — virtues, excellences, moral goodnesses
- ΑΡΕΤΑΙ — virtues, excellences, moral excellences, perfections
- ΑΡΕΤΑΣ — virtues, excellences, moral excellences, perfections
- ΑΡΕΤΗ — virtue, excellence, moral excellence, a virtue, an excellence
- ΑΡΕΤΗΝ — virtue, excellence, moral excellence, a virtue, an excellence, a moral excellence
- ΑΡΕΤΗΣ — of virtue, of excellence, of moral goodness, of valor
- ΑΡΕΤΩΝ — of virtue, of excellence, of moral excellence, of goodness
- ΑΡΕΤ‾Η‾ — virtue, excellence, moral excellence, goodness, a virtue, an excellence
- ἘΝΑΡΕΤΩΣ — virtuously, excellently, uprightly
- ΤΗΝἈΡΕΤΗΝ — the virtue, the excellence, a virtue, an excellence
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